History BreathWeapon / VideoGames

* In ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}'', [[DraconicHumanoid Dracons]] are able to use an Acid Breath attack that hits enemies in a cone. While not as powerful as certain area-of-effect spells, it can still inflict respectable damage across a tightly-clustered group of enemies.

* ''VideoGame/LiEat'': In the first game, Efina gains the "Fire" skill at level 3:
--> Breathe fire.

*** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyroANewBeginning'': The magma worm enemies spit streams of molten rock.
*** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyroANewBeginning'': Cynder has four distinct elemental breaths that she can use -- fear, poison, shadow and wind. These take the forms, respectively, of a fear-inducing scream, a gout of toxic liquid, clouds of inky darkness, and a powerful horizontal cyclone.

* ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon's'' title character isn't limited to merely fire breath - he goes as far as to launch ice, earth chunks and ''electricity'' out of his mouth. Cynder uses shadow, wind, ''poison and fear''.

*** And let's not forget those ever-annoying [[AnIcePerson Freezzards]] in the Ice Cave...

* Scorpion from the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' series can pull off his ninja hood to breathe {{Hellfire}}, usually as a [[FinishingMove Fatality]].

* In ''VideoGame/LostSoulsMUD'', a number of species breathe fire by way of phlogiston glands. Esoteric breath weapons are explained by phlogiston absorbing magical essences that infuse the glands' owner.

* Karnov of ''VideoGame/{{Karnov}}'' and ''[[VideoGame/FightersHistory Fighter's History]]'', whose backstory makes him out to be a circus fire-breather.

* Mieu from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' can breathe fire, [[DownplayedTrope but the flames are too small to do any real damage]]. Aside from some cutscenes where he's used as an ImprovisedWeapon, his breath mainly serves as a puzzle solving element.

* The dragon in ''VisualNovel/DraKoi'' fires mouth beams as both a dragon and in human form, at which point her eyes glow and she grows huge fangs.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'' the enemies Fiery Blowhogs and Watery Blowhogs breath fire and water respectively.
* Higher-level skags in ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' have fire and laser breath, as well as spitting shock and acid.
** In ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' certain human enemies have fire breath as well as being able to spew acid and slag at enemies. Krieg can breathe fire with the Hellfire Halitosis ability.

* Ryoufu from ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' can take a chug of alcohol and then spit fire on his opponents.
* In the ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe'' games, both the heroes and the villains in the game can trigger fire breaths when riding aboard dragons. Red dragons can shoot fire balls that can attack from a distance, while blue dragons can shoot bursts of fire that can attack enemies close to them.

* In ''VideoGame/ThiefTheDarkProject'', the reptilian burricks attack by breathing difficult-to-avoid waves of poisonous gas at you. They're one of the most annoying enemies in the game.

** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': Two different villains -the Winter Queen and King Korol- have an ice-based breath attack properly named Cold Breath.

* Beginning in his first game, Franchise/{{Kirby}} could spit puffs of air with enough force to damage most enemies, and power-ups allowed him to spit puffs of minty-fresh or spicy-hot breath. In later games, after he learned to steal enemy powers, he could gain the ability to exhale fire or ice.

* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'': True Ogre is capable of breathing fire, either from the ground or flying. It's an unblockable attack that is very easy to execute, so [[ComplacentGamingSyndrome expect newcomers to abuse it over and over]].

* VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon isn't limited to merely fire breath - he goes as far as to launch ice, earth chunks and ''electricity'' out of his mouth. Cynder uses shadow, wind, ''poison and fear''.
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' dragons, both manaketes and the laguz, attack with their breath. Sometimes, there are even multiple different types of breath for dragons to use, based on either the species of the dragons themselves or the dragonstones they possess.

* Second and third form dragons from ''Videogame/OgreBattle64'' have these as a possible attack.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' fighting spinoffs, one of Suika Ibuki's attacks consists of taking a swig of alchohol, and immediately breathing fire at the opponent.

* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain:'' The [[{{Hellhound}} hellhounds]] in ''Blood Omen'' and some demons.

* Mieu from Videogame/TalesOfTheAbyss can breathe fire, [[DownplayedTrope but the flames are too small to do any real damage]]. Aside from some cutscenes where he's used as an ImprovisedWeapon, his breath mainly serves as a puzzle solving element.

** In ''Videogame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' certain human enemies have fire breath as well as being able to spew acid and slag at enemies. Krieg can breathe fire with the Hellfire Halitosis ability.
* ''Videogame/{{Awakening}}: The Sunhook Spire'' introduces special dragon altars for Sophia's pet pocket dragon that can allow it to exchange its normal fire-breathing for other elemental powers through its breath.

* Most of the monsters in ''Videogame/{{Evolve}}'' have one of some kind. Goliath has standard fire breath, Kraken launches a blast of lightning and dark energy, Behemoth spits lumps of lava, and Gorgon sprays acid.

* In ''Videogame/{{Wizardry}}'', [[DraconicHumanoid Dracons]] are able to use an Acid Breath attack that hits enemies in a cone. While not as powerful as certain area-of-effect spells, it can still inflict respectable damage across a tightly-clustered group of enemies.

* In Activision's ''{{VideoGame/Oink}}'', the Big Bad Wolf uses his breath to blow away the bricks of the Literature/ThreeLittlePigs' houses, which if he manages to blow a big enough hole can turn into a TractorBeam if it touches one of the pigs.

** ''Tri'' ups the ante considerably. Rathalos and Rathian still spit fireballs, but Rathian can spit three at once or a "blaster" which blows up everything a good ways in front of it. There's also the Qurupeco, which spits an oil-like substance as one of its attacks; the Royal Ludroth, which spits water; the Gigginox with poison; the Baggi and Great Baggi with sleeping agents. Up until now, it was sensible. But then there's the Lagiacrus, which shoots ''ball lightning'' from its gaping maw, the Barioth ejects a miniature blizzard as its breath weapon, and the Agnaktor fires what is essentially a ''heat beam''!

** In the second game, Flint the stone golem can get a flamethrower attachement which allow him to breath fire like a red spriggat.

* Sigma at the end of ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man X}}6'', as well as too many other robots to sanely list here.
** In ''[[VideoGame/MegaMan V]]'' for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy, Mega Man has spent the game using [[RocketPunch the Mega Arm]], because his Super [[ArmCannon Mega Buster]] can't affect this batch of robots. What happened to it, you ask? Dr. Light put it in ''Rush''. He shoots the charged shots from his mouth (having no arms).

** Breathing fire is one of Bowser's trademark characteristics, but there are a few other critters that have this ability (such as the Dino Rhinos and Reznors in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld''). Bowser's ability to spit fire goes all the way back to his NES days, though back then it was [[https://youtu.be/ylm3TNzYDOs?t=17s small bolts of fire]], rather then that oral flamethower in VideoGame/SmashBrothers.

** He can only launch chunks of earth if he scoops them up in his mouth beforehand. It's not a breath weapon, it's just spitting.

** ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'': Among the main villains, [[FinalBoss Malroth]] and [[CoDragons Belial]] have the ability to breathe fire.

* Breath attacks form a skill family in ''VideoGame/DragonQuest''. The weaker versions are pretty common among low- to mid-level monsters, while the most powerful breath attacks tend to be spammed by bosses. (Especially the FinalBoss.) Later games allow the player to recruit monsters or use special character classes that have access to these abilities. What makes them particularly obnoxious is that despite dealing elemental damage, they don't count as magic attacks, so the only ways to protect yourself from them are with equipment, spells or skills which either reduce damage taken from those elements regardless of the nature of the attack, or specifically defend against breath attacks.

* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'', the [[HumongousMecha Metal Gear RAY]] has a high-pressure water cannon located in its "mouth" that can slice through metal like a hot knife through butter. A modified variant of the RAY in ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' replaces the water cannon with a [[FrickinLaserBeams plasma cannon]].